slip
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[edit] English
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[edit] Etymology
Slip comes from Old English slype, relative of slop, meaning liquid mud.
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slip (plural slips)
- An act or instance of slipping.
- A women's undergarment worn under a skirt or dress; a shift.
- A small piece of paper.
- A mistake or error (slip of the tongue.)
- (nautical) A berth; a space for a ship to moor.
- (nautical) A difference between the theoretical distance traveled per revolution of the propeller and the actual advance of the vessel.
- (medicine) A one-time return to previous maladaptive behaviour after cure.
- (uncountable) In ceramics, a thin, slippery mix of clay and water.
- (cricket) Any of several fielding positions to the off side of the wicket keeper, designed to catch the ball after being deflected from the bat; a fielder in that position (See first slip, second slip, third slip, fourth slip and fifth slip.)
- A number between 0 and 1 that is the difference between the angular speed of a rotating magnetic field and the angular speed of its rotor, divided by the angular speed of the magnetic field.
[edit] Synonyms
- (a mistake): blooper, blunder, boo-boo, defect, error, fault, faux pas, fluff, gaffe, lapse, mistake, stumble, thinko
- (return to previous behaviour): lapse
[edit] Derived terms
- (undergarment): full slip, waist slip
[edit] Translations
act of slipping
women’s undergarment
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small piece of paper
error
nautical: space for a ship to moor — see berth
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to slip (third-person singular simple present slips, present participle slipping, simple past and past participle slipped)
- To lose one's traction on a slippery surface; to slide due to a lack of friction.
- To err.
- To pass (a note, money, etc.) often covertly
- To move quickly and often secretively
- 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island
- We slipped along the hedges, noiseless and swift...
- 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island
- To worsen.
- Profits have slipped over the past 6 months.
- (falconry) To release a bird of prey to go after a quarry.
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to lose one's traction
to err
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- (Ijekavian, standard): slijȇp
[edit] Etymology 1
From Proto-Slavic *slěpъ.
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slip
- (Chakavian) (Ikavian) blind
- 1375, N.N., Muka svete Margarite (transcribed from Glagolitic original):
- Slipi jeste [ludujući],
- vaše boge verujući
- kî nigdare vas ne sliše
- ni vas koga [kad] utiše.
- Late C15, early C16, Šiško Menčetić, Ako ćeš, Stijepo moj, za mene što stvorit:
- Ter je prem sasma slip tko ne zri sunačce
- 1546, Petar Zoranić, Planine:
- To j' uzrok da travi tako slip bog ljubven,
- a ne kako pravi tkogod nenaučen.
- 1559, Marin Držić, Hekuba:
- Ma ovo nadvor gre u srdžbi i u gnijevu vas,
- krv s oči slipih tre, s oružjem gre put nas;
- 1630s, Ivan Gundulić, Osman:
- I gdi unutri o mrak slipi
- Nepoznat se junak hvata
- 1759, Antun Kanižlić
- Zato slipi, koji srići tamjan nose
- i u tugah svojih pomoć od nje prose;
- slipi, koji scine, da je ona kuća,
- gdi ona prosine, svitla i moguća,
- i da dili blago slipa vila svima,
- i kad joj je drago, opet uzme njima.
- Zar ste slipi, tere ne vidite?
[edit] Etymology 2
Neologism, from English slip (of paper).
[edit] Noun
slip m (plural slipovi)
- Credit or debit card receipt
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slip (plural slips, diminutive slipje) f.
- briefs, scanty type of undershorts which covers the buttocks but nothing below
- (by extension, for women) knickers, any female underpants
- tail, part of an upper garment hanging below the waist
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slip (plural slippen, diminutive slipje, diminutive plural slipjes) m.
- skid, an act or instance of slipping.
[edit] Verb
slip
- first person singular present tense and imperative form of slippen
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slip m. (plural slips)
- briefs (men's underwear)
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slip m. inv.
- Men's or women's underwear (knickers, panties)
- swimming trunks
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slip m. singular & plural
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[edit] References
- Krueger, Dennis (December 1982). "Why On Earth Do They Call It Throwing?" Studio Potter Vol. 11, Number 1.[1]
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